Orlah
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Orlah is a tractate of the Mishnah that deals with the laws prohibiting the use of fruit from trees during their first three years after planting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Orlah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736353 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orlah Context triple: [Seder Zeraim, hasTractate, Orlah]
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A.
Zeruah
Zeruah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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B.
Orach Chayim
Orach Chayim is a section of Jewish law that primarily deals with daily religious practices, prayer, Shabbat, and festivals.
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C.
Tahal
Tahal is an ancient locality in the Near East known primarily as the birthplace of the early Christian theologian and writer Philoxenus of Mabbug.
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D.
Ashalim
Ashalim is a small community settlement in Israel’s Negev desert, known for its nearby large-scale solar power plants and desert research and tourism activities.
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E.
Sforno
Sforno is the acronym for Rabbi Ovadia ben Jacob Sforno, a prominent 16th-century Italian rabbi, biblical commentator, and philosopher known for his concise and rational commentary on the Torah and other biblical books.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Orlah Target entity description: Orlah is a tractate of the Mishnah that deals with the laws prohibiting the use of fruit from trees during their first three years after planting.
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A.
Zeruah
Zeruah is a woman mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the mother of Jeroboam I, the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel.
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B.
Orach Chayim
Orach Chayim is a section of Jewish law that primarily deals with daily religious practices, prayer, Shabbat, and festivals.
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C.
Tahal
Tahal is an ancient locality in the Near East known primarily as the birthplace of the early Christian theologian and writer Philoxenus of Mabbug.
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D.
Ashalim
Ashalim is a small community settlement in Israel’s Negev desert, known for its nearby large-scale solar power plants and desert research and tourism activities.
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E.
Sforno
Sforno is the acronym for Rabbi Ovadia ben Jacob Sforno, a prominent 16th-century Italian rabbi, biblical commentator, and philosopher known for his concise and rational commentary on the Torah and other biblical books.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Mishnah tractate ⓘ |
| appliesTo | fruit trees ⓘ |
| basedOn | biblical commandment of orlah ⓘ |
| biblicalSource | Leviticus 19:23–25 ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Maimonides
NERFINISHED
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Rabbeinu Ovadia of Bertinoro NERFINISHED ⓘ Tosafists NERFINISHED ⓘ later halakhic authorities ⓘ |
| discusses |
benefit from orlah (issur hana’ah)
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counting years from planting a tree ⓘ doubtful orlah (safek orlah) ⓘ export and import of orlah produce ⓘ grafting and its effect on orlah years ⓘ identification of tree planting vs. grafting ⓘ minimum quantity of orlah that prohibits a mixture ⓘ mixtures containing orlah fruit ⓘ netah revai (fourth-year produce) ⓘ non‑Jewish ownership and orlah status ⓘ nullification (bittul) of orlah in mixtures ⓘ orlah outside the Land of Israel ⓘ ornamental trees and orlah ⓘ ownership and orlah obligation ⓘ permitted use of fruit in the fourth year ⓘ replanting trees and resetting the orlah count ⓘ status of fruit in the first three years ⓘ trees grown for wood vs. fruit ⓘ |
| excludes | non‑fruit trees ⓘ |
| genre | halakhic text ⓘ |
| halakhicCategory | issur hana’ah ⓘ |
| halakhicStatus | biblical commandment in the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| halakhicStatusOutsideIsrael | rabbinic according to many authorities ⓘ |
| includedIn | Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Mishnaic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
Jewish agricultural law
ⓘ
kashrut law ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 3 ⓘ |
| partOf | Seder Zeraim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTopic | prohibition of fruit from trees in first three years ⓘ |
| purpose | regulating use of new fruit trees ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
kilayim
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shevi’it ⓘ terumot and ma’aserot ⓘ |
| religiousPurpose | sanctifying agricultural produce through restraint ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| structure | organized into chapters ⓘ |
| studiedBy | rabbinic scholars ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Orlah Description of subject: Orlah is a tractate of the Mishnah that deals with the laws prohibiting the use of fruit from trees during their first three years after planting.
Referenced by (1)
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